2012
Not Rated
1 h 28 m

2012
Not Rated
1 h 28 m

Summary The Ik were described as sadists who starved their own children and crapped in front of each others’ homes for fun. They were reviled as the worst and most depraved beings on Earth, and it was recommended that their culture be destroyed for its own good. No one has dared to film them in the 40 years since they were first studied. Ikl...

Directed By: David Hilbert, Cevin Soling

Written By: Cevin Soling

2012
Not Rated
1 h 28 m

2012
Not Rated
1 h 28 m

Ikland

Name: Ikland
Genre: Documentary, Adventure
Released: 2012-06-15
Duration: 1 min 28 s
Rating: 0
Cast: Loritong Mawitini Dakai, Fabiano Kyonga, Paul Lokai, Thomas Lomogin, Charika Moding

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Directed By: David Hilbert, Cevin Soling

Written By: Cevin Soling

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Loritong Mawitini Dakai

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Fabiano Kyonga

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Paul Lokai

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Thomas Lomogin

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Charika Moding

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Nichole Smaglick

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Cevin Soling

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Fanny Walker

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The New York Times

Jun 14, 2012

Narrating as he goes, his humor as warm and dry as the ground beneath his feet, Mr. Soling is an unconventional explorer whose interactions with the long-suffering Ik - the women quiet and watchful, the men seamed and talkative - are politely deferential. He's clearly not there to engage in scientific study; he's simply reaching out across continents on a hunch that even eminent scientists can get it wrong.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

Variety

Jun 14, 2012

Though generally engrossing, Ikland's multiscreen displays and cross-cultural theatrical experiments prove more distracting than effective.

By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Jun 13, 2012

Soling and co-director David Hilbert divide their screen into multiple visual quadrants, an aesthetic strategy that soon becomes a wearisome affectation that's barely mitigated by their refusal to romanticize the landscape or soft-pedal the hazardous hardships of Ik life.

By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Spectacle Films

Release Date Jun 15, 2012

Duration 1 h 28 m

Rating Not Rated

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Tagline A film about the worst people in the world.

Website http://www.iklandmovie.com/

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Awards

Boston International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Ikland

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Loritong Mawitini Dakai

Self

Fabiano Kyonga

Self

Paul Lokai

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Thomas Lomogin

Self

Charika Moding

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Nichole Smaglick

Self

Cevin Soling

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Fanny Walker

Self

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